What are common pitfalls that beginning affiliate marketers make, and how can we avoid them?

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Ashley Meira
5 Mistakes New Affiliate Marketers Make (and how to avoid
them)
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All right, so you’ve just signed up for this fantastic new affiliate program.
They have great products, free referral websites, training, pre-made ads for you, and the best
compensation plan on the internet. This is the best affiliate program on the internet! Put a few ads
out there and you’re on your way to becoming the next internet millionaire.
Right?
Before you break ground on that big mansion on the hill, here are a few mistakes many new affiliate marketers
make that youll want to avoid. (Note these aren’t in order of importance!)
1. Believing the Hype
And yes, I do mean the hype promoted by your own program. Those income projections that every program
makes are just that, projections. You can make that much. Will you within your first few months of the program?
Maybe, but it’s not a 100% guarantee. It’s better to look at this as a long term investment in your future, not a way
to get rich quick. Believe in yourself and your ability to make your dreams come true. But dont believe the
hype.
2. Expecting Instant Results With Little Effort
Expect to work your business. And expect to work it daily. If you opened your own neighborhood store, Wouldn’t

2. you expect to have to go in to work daily? Youd expect to have to advertise and get people to come to your store.
Well, you just opened your own brand new internet store, what are you going to do to make it work? How are you
going to get people to come look at your product? You do need to put in the work, you won’t get anywhere if you
don’t.
3. Lack of a Plan and Specific Goals
Youve probably heard the saying “Plan your work and work your plan”. You need to have a specific plan and clear,
measurable goals. Many people join affiliate programs with the vague goal of wanting to make a lot of money.
How much money? How quickly do you want it? (Try to be realistic here, making a million dollars in one month is
not realistic.) For example, when I started, my goal was to make $3000 dollars a month. Once I had that goal in
mind, I could figure out how many sales I needed to make in order to reach that goal (Using iPas2, the goal was
about 25 total sales that would end up being consistent recurring income. Meaning that after I made those
sales once, I’d get paid for them each month. Sound good? Check it out here.) Okay, you have your clear,
specific goal. Now how are you going to get there. Again, think clear, specific steps here.
4. Advertising Your Affiliate Link
Wait a minute, if you don’t advertise your affiliate link, how are you supposed to get sales and members? Create
your own website that has a link to your affiliate program. Every affiliate for your program gets the same
website that you do. You have to be able to make yourself different from everyone else. The way you do that is
with your own website.
5. Quitting
Okay, so you’ve been working your affiliate program for 2, 3, maybe even 4 months now with very little to show for
it. You’re getting discouraged and beginning to wonder if this is worth it after all. Pick yourself up, dust yourself
off and figure out what it is you need to be doing. Learn more. Bug your sponsor and your up line members
until they help you out. Consistency and determination are key. Don’t quit. No one ever achieved success by
quitting. Neither will you.
Want to know more about me? Check out my About Me page for the whole story! Honestly, I’m just an ordinary
person, one of almost 8 billion on this planet, trying to make a living in a way that will allow me to live the life I
want without spending all my time working to afford it. I’m me, I’m able to make enough money to live how I want,
and I’m pretty happy with how my life is going :) That’s good enough for me.
Find out how I make thousands of dollars online a month here.
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